Basic eLearning ToolSet (BELTS)

Teacher's Guide

Greg Jones

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14 April 2005

Version 1.2.0


Table of Contents

I. Introduction to BELTS
1. About BELTS
2. About The Le@rning Federation
II. Role Description
3. Teacher
3.1. The Teacher Role
3.1.1. Common Functions
3.1.2. User Management Functions
3.1.3. Content Management Functions
3.1.4. Lesson Management Functions
3.1.5. Class Management Functions
III. Teacher Functions
4. Common Functions
4.1. Login to BELTS
4.2. Logout from BELTS
4.3. Change Password
5. Class Management
5.1. List Active Classes
5.2. List Archived Classes
5.3. Create a Class
5.4. Edit a Class
5.4.1. Edit Class Details
5.4.2. Edit Class Members
5.5. Search For Classes
5.6. Activate a Class
5.7. Deactivate a Class
6. Lesson Management Functions
6.1. List Available Lessons
6.2. Create a Lesson
6.3. Edit a Lesson
6.3.1. Lesson Details
6.3.2. Lesson Status
6.3.3. Classes Assigned to Lesson
6.3.4. Edit Lesson Contents
6.4. Remove a Lesson
6.5. Activate a Lesson
6.6. Deactivate a Lesson
6.7. View a Lesson
7. Content Management Functions
7.1. Search Content
7.1.1. Content Search Results
7.2. Browse Content
7.2.1. Browse Content with Filter
7.2.2. Browse Other Content
7.3. View Content
7.4. Content Details
7.5. View the Related Outcomes for Content
7.6. Download Content
7.7. Add Content to a Lesson
7.8. Add Content to a New Lesson
8. User Management
8.1. List Users
8.2. Reset User Password
8.3. Search For Users
8.4. Send an email to a User
IV. Miscellaneous Topics
9. Search Help
9.1. Quick Search Tips
9.2. Advanced Search Tips
9.2.1. Words and phrases
9.2.2. Term Modifiers
Glossary
Index

List of Figures

3.1. Teacher Main Screen
4.1. BELTS Login Screen
4.2. Change Password Screen
4.3. Password Changed Email
5.1. Active Class List Screen
5.2. Archived Class List Screen
5.3. Create Class Screen
5.4. Edit Class Screen
5.5. Edit Class Details Screen
5.6. Edit Class Members Screen
5.7. Class Search Screen
5.8. Archived Classes Screen
5.9. Classes Screen
6.1. Lesson List Screen
6.2. Create Lesson Screen
6.3. Edit Lesson Screen
6.4. Edit Lesson Details Screen
6.5. Edit Lesson Status Screen
6.6. Classes Assigned to Lesson Screen
6.7. Assign Lesson Screen
6.8. Edit Lesson Contents Screen
6.9. Add a File to a Lesson Screen
6.10. Add a URL to a Lesson Screen
6.11. Edit Lesson Item Screen
6.12. View Lesson Screen
6.13. View Lesson Screen
7.1. Search Content Screen
7.2. Search Wait Screen
7.3. Content Search Results Screen
7.4. Browse Content Top Level Screen
7.5. Browse Content With Filter Screen
7.6. Browse Other Content Screen
7.7. Content View Screen
7.8. Content Details Screen
7.9. Content General Details Screen
7.10. Content Educational Details Screen
7.11. Content Contributor Details Screen
7.12. Content Technical Details Screen
7.13. Content Rights Management Details Screen
7.14. Content Assurance Details Screen
7.15. Content Miscellaneous Details Screen
7.16. Learning Object Related Outcomes Screen
7.17. Content Download Confirmation Screen
7.18. Download Content Confirmation Screen
7.19. Add Content to Lesson Option
7.20. Add Content to a New Lesson Option
8.1. User List Screen
8.2. Reset Password Screen
8.3. Password Changed Email
8.4. User Search Screen